Episode 389 – Quebec, Canada’s bulwark against US invasion
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Canada’s trade war with the United States and how Quebec has an outsized influence over how Canada reacts.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Canada’s trade war with the United States and how Quebec has an outsized influence over how Canada reacts.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the death of Dr. Jason Arday, and how mainstream media took a story from the far right and turned it into a harassment campaign against the now-deceased Cambridge professor.
Story 1 – Doug Ford’s party sent spies to watch newly elected liberal leader on Jamaican vacation
Story 2 – Calgary cops called CBSA to identify protesting international students for deportation
Story 3 – Montreal installed and then quickly uninstalled a surveillance camera
Story 4 – 82 Malian soldiers released by rebel group
Story 5 – Chile’s far right president transports prisoners to new super jail.
Story 1 – Two day storm in the prairies creates mega insurance bill
Story 2 – H&R Real Estate trust divests all its assets
Story 3 – Deal seems imminent between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador on Churchill falls
Story 4 – 211 people rescued after ferry fire off coast of Bali
Story 5 – Massive oil slick off Oman coast could rival Exxon Valdez
Story 1 – Teenager faces 60 child porn charges for doctoring images with AI
Story 2 – Former cop was racially profiled by two Quebec police forces
Story 3 – Head of Ottawa police union wont be charged by SIU for sexual assault allegations
Story 4 – ICE is looking to purchase electric zapping gloves
Story 5 – At least 15 people dead in Simbabwe after ferry capsized.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the recent study into antisemitism on campus in Canada and look at how the authors have intentionally tried to turn solidarity with Gaza and opposition to Israeli war crimes into a hate crime.
Photo is from the Palestinian Youth Movement – Toronto
Story 1 – Ammo manufacturer hires lobbyist who assaulted Palestine protester
Story 2 – Unifor to begin talks with General Motors after deal with Ford
Story 3 – Ottawa unveils $100M steel shipping rebate program as trade war rages on
Story 4 – Magnitude 7.4 quake hits western Colombia, killing at least 111 people
Story 1 – Amazon ordered to work with single arbitrator for first collective agreement
Story 2 – Private Mennonite school personnel still abusing students with a strap
Story 3 – Carney’s government walks back some refugee cuts
Story 4 – Brazil charges people in relation to 2024 plane crash and
Story 5 – Former Governor of Guerrero state charged in student disappearance in 2014
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Carney the Conservative, and how the Conservatives are drawing on international far-right tactics to try and eke out a space for them. Plus, media is complicit and the NDP floats around in the ether.
Story 1 – Bakery in Montreal vandalized for allegedly using facial recognition tech
Story 2 – Deadly holiday in Quebec once again
Story 3 – Tentative agreement ends CUPE Westjet strike
Story 4 – Two dead from explosive diarrhea parasite in the US
Story 5 – Two members of massive attack are banned from Singapore for on-stage Palestinian flag.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Carney’s consistent capitulation to the United States, including sending representatives to the latest attack on leftwing activists.
Story 1 – 5 suspended for dangerous Downtown Montreal chase in 2018
Story 2- Cambridge data centre leaked mystery chemical
Story 4 – FIFA wants to create a private corpoation to run the Wold Cup and Europe has said now way
Story 5 – Malysian official threatens the UNHCR for how they process Rohingya refugees.
Story 1 – Winnipeg doctor pleads guilty to more professional code violations
Story 2 – String of Islamophobic events in Quebec and New Brunswick
Story 3 – Toronto man charged with terrorism for supportig Hamas at protest
Story 4 – 100 people dead after ferry capsizes in Guyana
Story 5 – 20 people dead after explosion at hydroelectric project in India
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about what happens when everyone starts to all sound like ChatGPT, and how alienation from what is real and authentic will drive everyone over the edge.
Story 1 – Rogers might be outsourcing work to Morocco
Story 2 – Canada commits $2 billion to build even more armoured vehicles
Story 3 – Canada participated in a US summit on far left terrorism which is not a thing that exists
Story 4 – Strike in the Congolese hospital that’s at ground zero of the Ebola outbreak
Story 5 – 500 feared dead after two boats capsize in the bay of bengal
Story 1 – Charges dropped after judge sees video of cop driving into two men
Story 2 – Protesters surrounded Nova Scotia premier’s car and one person jumped on top of it
Story 3 – 300 people of work as Northwood Pulp and Paper closes down
Story 4 – Corus makes deep cuts to radio and television
Story 5 – Least 50 people are dead in Mediterranean after boat capsizes
In this episode, Nora talks with Luke Lebrun, editor in chief of Press Progress, about SLAPP lawsuits and free speech in Canada.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney’s new senate appointees. Plus, why are progressives calling for more surveillance tech?
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Canadian culture and sport, and how governments have consistently defunded that which makes Canada, Canadian.
Story 1 – Federal bridge commission replaces unionized workers for non union,
Story 2 – Three dead after fire fighting plane crashes in NWT
Story 3 – High ranking soldier charged with sexual assault but no details released, devastation
Story 4 – Venezuela after two massive earth quakes
Story 5 – Turkish journalists denied accreditation for upcoming NATO summit in Ankara
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the shooting attack of incel Seth Hatfield. Plus, Carney promises to bail out developers and calls it housing relief.
Story 1 – Former soldier pleads guilty to selling restricted weapons materials
Story 2 – UR Pride and URSU settle lawsuit
Story 3 – The Five Eyes eyes AI’s spy tries
Story 4 – American Ebola centre construction halted in Kenya
Story 5 – Libyan prison director is convicted at the international criminal court.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora examine the teenagers who are being paid to carry out late-night attacks. From the tow-truck wars to waste management, from intimidation and murder to shooting on the US Consulate, who are the wealthy individuals exploiting Toronto’s Black teens to settle their scores?
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Story 1 – Updates on circumstances surrounded the death of Toronto officer
Story 2 – Five children are dead in a vehicle accident north of Kitchener
Story 3 – Sixteen Montreal-Nord cops are suspended for racism
Story 4 – Deal between the US and Iran to open the Straight of Hormuz could be signed Friday
Story 1 – Deaths at Sudbury homeless encampment
Story 2 – Former top general warns Canadians against booing Americans
Story 3 – Carney to give small grocers access to food terminals
Story 4 – The US is set to deport Iranians fleeing persecution to Centrafrique
Story 5 – UN refugee numbers show a drop in the number of refugees in the world who were resettled.
Story 1 – Bison are back at Starblanket Cree Nation
Story 2 – Dutch rocket is launched from Nova Scotia for some reason
Story 3 – The BC CCLA calls for cops to be removed from schools
Story 4- India summons the US over attack on vessel that had Indians on board
Story 5 – Peru’s presidential election runoff has razor thin margin.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Residential School denial, and how the Globe and Mail’s editorial board has jumped in with two feet. Plus, Canada’s new “AI strategy” is heavy on making stuff up, light on the strategy. Did AI write it??
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about mass immigration from the United States and how, once again, Canada doesn’t seem to be planning for a possible surge in immigration. Plus, why don’t temporary residents get the right to vote?
Story 1 – Cree child’s death was linked to atrocious housing conditions
Story 2 – Toronto cops flashed badge after arrest for sexually assaulting a sex worker in Barcelona
Story 4 – CBC reports silly promises as if they’re fact if Canada buys German submarines
Story 5 – Five people rescued in Laotian cave but 2 remain missing
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the politcal powerplay behind the Alberta referendum. Plus, Sandy rants about everyone getting As.
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Story 1 – London homeless housing program to close 48 units amid funding shortfall
Story 2 – Social media presents higher risk to kids’ health than smoking, drinking: Doctors Manitoba
Story 3 – Tribunal begins investigation into missing Indigenous children and unmarked burials
Story 4 – Israel pounds Lebanon with fresh air strikes despite ceasefire
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about pandemics — what was learned from COVID-19, what should we worried about with emerging outbreaks.
Story 1 – Speeding up 235% on road that Doug Ford removed speed cameras
Story 2 – Canadian Pacific will not pay for role in Lac Megantic explosion
Story 3 – Kapuskasing mine signs deal with Japanese company
Story 4 – 20 million people in Sudan in catastraphic hunger
Story 5 – Russia pounds Ukraine for 3 days with drons and missiles, killing 9
Story 1 – Delivery drivers in Saskatoon protest brutal working conditions
Story 2 – Ontario to inspect all trucking schools after auditor exposes problems
Story 3 – Independence peition rulled out of order in Alberta
Story 4 – More than 61 dead in South Sudan after the RSF attacks villiages
Story 5 – Dominican Republic agrees to take US deportees (but still deports Haitians)
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney’s desire to pump Canada’s AI industry full of money so that … well … what happens next isn’t exactly clear. Plus, Sandy complains about robots again.
Story 1 – Palestinian solidarity encampment activist sue Calgary police
Story 2 – Ottawa cop has been chared with domestic assault with his police-issued gun
Story 3 – A bunch of members of Toronto police’s drug squad are being investigated for misconduct,
Story 4 – 6 migrants found dead in a shipping container in a Texas rail yard and
Story 5 – At least 40 people are dead in Congo after attacks in border towns near Uganda.
Story 1 – Doug ford appoints new overseer to Conestoga college except she’s part of the problem
Story 2 – Canada assured FIFA it could avoid certain labour laws while here
Story 3 – Canada to give ford motor company half a billion dollars for Oakville plant
St0ry 4 – Three Canadians are isolating due tot he hantavirus
Story 5 – And assets frozen of two members of the El Faro investigative group in El Salvador
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the forces in Canada that try to harass journalists out of reporting on Gaza. Plus why do we allow vehicles to terrorize our roads?
Story 1 – Surgeries cancelled in Grande Prairie
Story 2 – North Bay mayor who spent $16K in public dollars on personal expenses will not be charged
Story 3 – Average wages in canada are down from 2020
Story 4 – Madagascar arrests French serviceman accused of fomenting destabilization a
Story 5 – Soldiers on trial in Indonesia over acid attcck against activist.
Story 1 – Former mining executive charged with fraud
Story 2 – Rogers plans to offer 10,000 workers a buy out
Story 3 – Carney promises to throw money at the trades to try and address high youth unemployment
Story 4 – UAE pulls out of OPEC
Story 5 – Bosnia signs contract with Croatia to build US_backed pipeline.
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney’s new majority government, the decisions its making and how little journalists are asking him critical questions.
Story 1 – Free spuds in Calgary
Story 2 – Lockheed Martin inks deal to maintain F35s
Story 3 – Air Canada flight in near miss incident at JFK airport in New York City
Story 4 – Suspect arrested in Argentina connected to murder of Colombian president hopeful
Story 5 – And 20 dead in separate attacks in Borno State, Nigeria
Story 1 – Mama Earth Organics to fire 101 unionized workers
Story 2 – Winnipeg city counciler to be removed from cmmittes while he waits sexual assault trial
Story 3 – Labrador inquiry makes recommendations in inquest into the death of 6 Innu young adults
Story 4 – Regina suburb’s unelected, government apopinted leadership votes yes to Bell data centre
Story 5 – Two CIA officers are killed in Mexico when their car goes over a cliff
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Canadian media, the scripts they all reproduce and how Canadians are getting less and less of the story. Plus, data centres!
Story 1 – Coronor’s report released to stop mining accidents
Story 2 – Health Caanada approves first non-needle allergic reaction medicine
Story 3 – 136,000 addresses to lose mail delivery
Story 4 – China warns its citizens to avoid travel to the US
Story 5 – Europe may only have enough jet fuel to last 6 weeks.
Story 1 – Winnipeg paramadic disciplined for calling Hamas “resistance fighters”
Story 2 – Toronto cop charged with manslaughter
Story 3 – Canadian Armed Forces trained a member of Ukraine’s neonazi brigade
Story 4 – Two navy members charged with negligence with death of superior
Story 5 – Some 250 people dead after ship capsizes between Bangladesh and Myanmar
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about Mark Carney’s majority government and what it will mean for Canadians. Plus, they talk about Doug Ford’s silent revolution.
Story 1 – N.S. long-term care workers go on strike
Story 2 – Canadian killed in Lebanon
Story 3 – Carney wins his majority
Story 4 – US blockades Iranian ports
Story 5 – Protests in India over cost-of-living
Story 1 – Former law school dean on Canada-wide arrest warrant
Story 2 – Canada’s most successful defense industry company is cutting its workforce
Story 3 – Carney is one seat away from a majority and the residents of Sarnia are pissed
Story 4 – Israel violates cease fire pretty much immediately
Story 5 – Dozens of accounts make money off Polymarket from specific and precise bets about Iran
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how little Canada is saying, or doing, to help de-escalate the United States and Israel from their war on Iran.
Story 1 – Migrant who died after being evidcted is mourned
Story 2 – Algoma steel gets new life in partnership with armoured vehicle company
Story 3 – Carney to reverse Trudeau election fundraising reforms to make things secret again
Story 4 – CBC uncovers more about state surveillance during the early days of COVID
In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the NDP convention, far-right attacks on equity cards and what the NDP needs to do next.
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